hey Canadians, a new airline coming to my hometown

[mitchtv]

Harmony Airways will be offering 2 non stops a week Vancouver to Palm Springs if they survive I will take advantage this summer.Partner and I wanna see if we can swing a condo up that way.are prices any cheaper than Calif?

[miss_kitty]

1. wow. I'm not exactly there, but judging by what I see on CBC,

No. Right now, BC is having a boom, like Seattle did a few years back. Housing won't keep up with the onslaught of new population, and prices will skyrocket. Vancouver is already kinda expensive.

Of course that's in Canadian dollars. :D

[mitchtv]

2. thanks Kitty

we want to sell PSP for a bundle(it is new and big and has a pool) and buy down here and buy some kind of small 1 br to spend the four months of summer in BC. then return here to a simpler abode. It is just dreadful here June thru sept.

[miss_kitty]

3. Well this part of the world is lovely at that exact time

It might be early enough in the boom for you to get something reasonable.

The ads I'm seeing on CBC are talking about an unprecidented growth in the area. Also, they are gearing up for the winter olympics in 9 5 years, so there is all that palaver to deal with. But Hey! If you have a nice condo, you may be able to rent it out that winter for a sweet sum!

On Edit: Strike 9; change to 5

[CanuckAmok]

4. The Olympics are in 5 years...

I think the condo market has topped out, and I've been playing it for about 7 years. It's been over-built, and there's only any real growth in the 'luxury condo' market. "starter" condos, i.e the kind you'd want as a pied a terre are being built faster than the demand for them at the moment, and prices are not climbing that much.

Yaletown and the West End are pretty much at their maximum development right now, and the ponly physical growth is in the East side of downtown, and the East End of the city, which is a little skanky.

[miss_kitty]

5. I'm not much of a sports person

:silly: I need to keep the 5 year thingy in mind...